Are you an Aboriginal, Inuit or Métis PSAC member who would like to learn more about their union? If yes, we invite you to apply for the PSAC Prairies National Aboriginal Peoples’ Circle (NAPC) course.

The News Advertiser, a community paper based in Vegreville, Alberta, published an article on October 13, 2014 criticizing PSAC's bargaining proposal and claiming federal government employees could soon have more days off than days on the job. PSAC Prairies Regional Executive Vice-President Marianne Hladun fired back at the offensive and inaccurate piece.

Tanna Pirie-Wilson spends a lot of time thinking about the impact of government cuts on Aboriginal communities in Canada. As a member of PSAC’s National Aboriginal People’s Circle (NAPC), she hears from First Nations organizations that have seen their budgets cut and from Aboriginal union members whose jobs are at risk.

After centuries of resistance we are moving toward justice for Aboriginal peoples in Canada. Racism, discrimination and other forms of oppression remain but Aboriginal Day is not a time to dwell on all that is wrong – it’s a day to celebrate victories.

One year ago, PSAC stood together with the Idle No More movement to defend our lands and our country.In the Prairies, we teamed up with William Singer III, a First Nations artist and activist who has been instrumental to the movement in Lethbridge and surrounding areas, to produce a special Idle No More button.